Mop-holder.



P. SCHMIDT.

MOP HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov. 29, 1901.]

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: //v VENTOH 0/0 Phil/z oSchmidZ' r I v I y PI-IILIPP SCHMIDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOP HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,759, dated April 1, 1902.

7 Original application filed August 15, 1901, serial No. 72,101. Divided and this application filed November 29, 1901. Serial No. 8&,093. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIPP SCHMIDT, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, which is a divisional part of my original copending application No. 72,101, filed August 15, 1901, seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-adjusted means for detachably securing a mop to a head-block or holder; and it comprehends in its general construction a metallic headpiece having a mop-receiving seat on its underside, a clamp member pivotally and adj ustably connected with the head and having spring clamping and interlocking devices, whereby it can be quickly and securely made fast to the mop-head without the use 0 keys,wedges, and other kindred devices.

In its more subordinate features my inven tion consists in certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts,all of which will hereinafter be fully set out in the description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved mop-holder as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the mop-head and the clamping devices cooperatively combined therewith for gripping the mop. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mop-head and its clamping devices shown detached from each other. Fig. 4is a cross-section of the part shown in Fig. 1 on the line 4 4.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like charactersindicate like partsin all of the figures, 1 designates a headpiece of suitable end 00 has an outwardly-biturcated portion that forms a guide 1, and the opposite end y of the head has a similar guide 1, the reason for which will presently appear.

2 designates what I term the mop-securingf bail, which in my construction consists of a stout spring-wire. This bail 2 is intended to lie under the fold of the mop and is adapted to press and clamp said fold up into the concaved seat 1 and for such purpose the bail 2 has a novel cooperative connection with the head 1 and a spring-lock 5. The construction and manner of its operation are best shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 1, by reference to which it will be noticed one end of the bail 2 is bent up at a right angle to form a vertical member 2, which in the adjustment of the several parts engages the guide 1, is bent back in a horizontal plane, as at 2", and then forward, as at 2, to form a pivot portion, and thence at right angles and in a plane with the body portion ot' the bail to produce a locking-lip 2.

By forming the end 2 of the bail in the manner just described and shown the said end can be readily connected tothe end a; of the headpiece 1 by passing the lip 22 and the pivot member 2 through either one of the apertures 1, the connection being determined by the thickness of the mop. If very thick, the parts 2 and 2 are slipped through the lower aperture 1, and if otherwise the parts 2 and 2 are made to engage the upper aper ture, as shown, and when slipped into place it is obvious the bail 2 can be swung in the vertical plane of the head down to release the mop or up to clamp it..

To hold the member 2 to its mop-clamping position, end 2 is bent at right angles to form a keeper 2 which is made to engage the guide 1 on the headpiece, and the end of the keeper 2 terminates in anceye 2 and hook 2 the eye to receive the loop end 5 of the spring-clamp, presently again referred to, and the member 2 to engage either one of a pair of locking-lips 10 and 10 on the headpiece 1,which are arranged one above the other, and to cooperate with the apertures in the end 00 of the head 1, in which the bail 2 is pivotally hung. Thus when the parts are adjusted as shown in the drawings the keeper 2 will engage the upper lip and when the mop is very thick it will engage the lip 10. To maintain the keeper 2 in a tightly-locked position, the gripping-surfaces of the lips 10 10 are inclined inward and downward to cause the said keeper to move inward, by reason of the slight bowing out of the body part of the bail 2 when it (the bail) is drawn tightly against the mop.

The locking member 5, before referred to, consists of a spring-wire bent back upon itself to form an elongated bail having a width to snugly straddle the upper edge of the headpiece 1, one end of which is adapted to pivotally engage the eye 2 of the bail 2, and the other end is curved upward to form a finger-piece 5, as shown, the curvature being such as to admit of the said curved end being pushed over the headpiece 1 in such manner as to draw the keeper 2 firmly onto the inclined lip it engages, so the spring of the bail-rod will hold the keeper 2 firmly locked until released by pulling the member 5 back in the direction indicated in full lines in Fig. 3.

The headpiece 1 may be detachably secured to a handle or arm in any suitable manner. I prefer to utilize the attaching means shown in the drawings, the peculiar construction of which forms the subject-matter of my other application, before referred to, and per se no part of mypresent invention. The attaching means consist of a socket-piece 8, having two upon itself to form side members 6, and an extended loop 6 curved to form a fingerpiece 6. The side members of the loop part 6 are so disposed as to frictionally engage the socket-piece when the member 6 is shifted to its locking position and to hold it to such position, which is done by the spring tension in the members 6*.

Each member 6 is bent upon itself to form an eye 6 to engage the lateral studs 8" on the socket, and the outer ends are bent at right angles to form a hook 6, provided to engage and interlock with the apertures 2" 2 when the several parts are joined, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the headpiece 1, having vertical guides in its ends, an aperture at one end and a corresponding lockinglip at the other end; of the wire bail 2, having right-angle portions at the ends to engage the headpiece end guides, one of the bail ends having a .member to pivotally engage the aperture in the headpiece, and a hook member at the other end to engage the locking-lip on the opposite end of the headpiece, and a finger-manipulated means for pulling the bail into or out of its locked position, as specified.

2. The combination with the headpiece 1, having a plurality of apertures in one end, and a plurality of cooperating locking-lips at the other end, said lips having their operating edges beveled inward and downward, the headpiece having a mop-bearing surface on its lower edge; of the bail 2, adapted to engage the mop and hold it against the bearing-surface, said bailpiece having upturned ends, one of which has a pintle member to engage either one of the apertures in the headpiece, and a hook at the other end to engage eitherone of the locking-lips, and means for pulling the hook end of the bail onto 01' offof the locking-lip, all substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

3. In an appliance of the character described, a headpiece having a mop-seat on its under face extending its length, and a Vertical guide at each end, an aperture at one end, a locking-lip at the other end cooperating with the aperture, a spring-rod bail adapted to pass under the mop-fold and hold it up against its seat on the headpiece, said bail having right-angle ends adapted to extend up between the end guides, one of the ends having a pivot member adapted to detach-- ably engage the aperture in one end of the headpiece, and its other angle-member having aneye and a hook, said hook being arranged to engagev the locking-lip at the corresponding end of the headpiece, and the wire loop 5, adapted to straddle the upper edge of the headpiece and having a pivotal connection with the eye part of the bail 2, all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

PHILIPP SCHMIDT.

Vitnesses:

W. 0. Bean, JAcoB KRAUS.

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